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What I thought was typical fatigue on New Year's Eve morphed into a spectacular head cold of epic proportions on this, the first day of the new decade.

Today is Monday, Dec. 7, the 341st day of 2009. There are 24 days left in the year.

Today is Monday, Dec. 7, the 341st day of 2009. There are 24 days left in the year.

Today: is the 341st day of 2009. There are 24 days left in the year. On this date In 1787, Delaware became the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

The '60s was a decade of discord, with antiwar activism, racial strife and a cultural clash between "hippies" and "the establishment." But the majority of Americans didn't turn on and drop out.

Maine Fast Fact : John Irving's novel The Cider House Rules is set in fictional Maine towns.

The tomboyish beauty Elly May Clampett - who could throw a mean fastball and wrestle men to a fall - bears a striking resemblance to the real-life person who portrayed her.

Many visitors to our area ask questions about the Hatfield-McCoy Feud and I explain to them that the animosity began during the Civil War when Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield was blamed for the assassination of Yankee leader Bill France and that the single biggest contributor to the feud was a greedy lawyer in Pike County who wanted some timber ...

Q Whatever happened to Cammie King, who played Bonnie Blue Butler in Gone With The Wind ? - Patsy Jackson, Jourdanton, Texas Cammie King Conlon, born Eleanore Cammack King in Los Angeles, was 5 when she portrayed the daughter of Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara in 1939's Gone With The Wind .

WARREN CLEMENTS Last updated on Friday, Sep. 25, 2009 04:40AM EDT w clements@globeandmail.com We're off to see the wizard.

Even with a passion for entertaining, Jackson actor Chris Ladd can't stand to watch himself in the finished product.

MORNINGPREP-MORNINGPREP-MORNINGPREP-MORNINGPREP ! ENTERTAINMENT HISTORY ! On September 26th, 1955, actress Debbie Reynolds married singer Eddie Fisher.

Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett suffered a bleeding head wound when she was hit by a prop on stage Wednesday during a Sydney theater performance.

Gertrude Berg may be the most interesting, complex, prolific and culturally significant American woman most people have never heard of.

Tribune file/Debra Reid - Former television star Max Baer Jr., right, met with former Sparks mayor Tony Armstrong, left, and other city officials at the Silver Club Casino in January, 1999.

Tribune file/Debra Reid - Former television star Max Baer Jr., right, met with former Sparks mayor Tony Armstrong, left, and other city officials at the Silver Club Casino in January, 1999.

Heidi Montag jumped onstage in tight sequined pants and a matching bra Sunday at the Miss Universe pageant, and gave her first live performance, singing "Body Language" from her debut album.

Tribune file/Debra Reid - Former television star Max Baer Jr., right, met with former Sparks mayor Tony Armstrong, left, and other city officials at the Silver Club Casino in January, 1999.

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Like a towering fir tree that survives after the primeval forest around it has vanished, the Seattle Opera's production of Wagner's "Ring" cycle now stands alone as the only traditional depiction of the epic music drama on an American stage.